AEMO has teamed up with ARENA in a trial to provide emergency energy reserves for extreme peaks.
peak demand, ARENA, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, media release, news, partners, trialWith consecutive days of high temperatures forecast throughout Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales this week, we break down how electricity reserve levels and notices work during heat events.
weather, summer, electricity, national electricity market, peak demand, consumers, energy explainedAustralia's National Electricity Market is one of the world's longest interconnected power systems, stretching from Port Douglas in Queensland to Port Lincoln in South Australia and across the Bass Strait to Tasmania. It's a distance of around 5,000 kilometers.
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energy security, emissions, video, electricity, generation, technology, consumers, battery, energy explainedAEMO has entered into agreements with large electricity users, retailers and generators to secure a total of 1,150 megawatts of strategic reserves across Victoria and South Australia that we can call on in emergencies e.g. multi-day heatwave events occurring concurrently across both South Australia and Victoria through the Reliability and Emergency Reserve Trader (RERT) process.
South Australia, Victoria, electricity, peak demand, energy explainedAustralia’s power system is in the midst of significant transformation. Not sure what we mean? Well check out our animation that visually explains the change in generation within the National Electricity Market (NEM) since it was established in late 1998!
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International, consumers, emissions, innovation and technology, renewables, wind, technologyWith the Formula 1 (F1) Grand Prix season revving up for the first race of the season in Melbourne this Sunday, we look at the energy efficiency of the modern F1 car and the possibility of an electric future for the sport.
Victoria, battery, electricity, emissions, innovation and technology, technologyFrom the Paris End down to the Docklands, there are now two attention grabbing architectural LED light displays book-ending Collins Street.
Victoria, electricity, innovation and technology, renewables, solar, weather, videoThe future of energy will be digital. Blockchain technology will create new people centric energy markets using software that enables customers to set their buy and sell rates for distributed energy online.
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